Lviv

The city of Lviv in western Ukraine has had many namesLvov (Russian), Lwów (Polish), and Lemberg (German)and many rulers. Lviv is now the administrative center of Lviv oblast (province), but in past centuries it was the chief center of Galicia, a historic region of Eastern Europe. Its position controlling eastwest routes and passes across the Carpathian Mountains has given

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